(18 Jul 2016) PROTEST OVER THE MURDER OF MODEL QANDEEL BALOCH
Dozens of people gathered in Pakistan's capital city Islamabad on Monday (18 JULY 2016) to protest against the murder of model Qandeel Baloch.
Demonstrators chanted "Stop women's massacre" and "There is no honor in killings" at the protest, organized by the Awami workers party.
Protestors held placards reading "Smash patriarchy the way Qandeel Baloch did. Do not let them silence you!!!" and "Stop gender based violence".
"There is no honor in killing, such killings are simply sheer murder and must be treated as murder," said demonstrator Tahira Abdullah. "The police and the criminal justice system must treat it only as a murder. There is no such thing as honor killing."
Pakistani police said on Sunday that the brother of Baloch confessed to strangling her to death for "family honor" because she posted "shameful" pictures on Facebook.
Baloch, who rose to prominence in 2013 after taking part in a talent show, had stirred controversy by posting pictures online of herself with a prominent Muslim cleric.
She was found dead on Saturday at her family home in the central city of Multan. Her brother, Waseem Azeem, was arrested Sunday.
Multan police chief Akram Azhar says authorities will charge Azeem with murder and seek the "maximum punishment." Murder carries a potential death sentence, but under Pakistani law the family of the victim would be able to pardon him.
Nearly 1,000 women are killed by close relatives in Pakistan each year in so-called "honor killings," for violating conservative norms on love and marriage.
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